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Document Type : Thesis 
Document Title :
The Relationship between the Nurse-to-neonate ratio, the Rationing of Nursing Care and the Mortality Rate in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Jeddah City
نسبة حديثي الولادة لكل ممرضه و علاقتها بتقنين الرعاية التمريضية و معدل الوفيات في وحدات العناية المركزة لحديثي الولادة بمدينة جدة
 
Subject : Faculty of Nursing 
Document Language : Arabic 
Abstract : The number of neonates assigned to a nurse can exceed the ratio recommended by the professional nursing organizations. Increasing the neonate ratio is associated with rationing or missing important elements of nursing care that might lead to adverse outcomes such as an increased mortality rate. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between the nurse-to-neonate ratio, the rationing of nursing care and the neonatal mortality rate at acuity level III in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). This study was conducted using a descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional approach at two Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Jeddah city Saudi Arabia. Using a structured self-administered questionnaire designed by the investigator, nurses that had been employed in the NICU for more than three months and who provide direct care for level III neonates were included. Findings indicated that frequently rationed elements by NICU nurses were breastfeeding support, providing opportunities for kangaroo care, and providing parental emotional support and education. Moreover, the nurse-to-neonate ratio and rationing of care were statistically related, and descriptive statistics used to represent the data of the neonatal mortality rate, nurse-to-neonate ratio, and rationing of care. Recommendations from the study are limit the nurse-to-neonate ratio in acuity level III to 1:1 to reduce the incidence of rationed care that might affect mortality rate, and to expand to a larger sample. Key Words: Nurse-to-neonate ratio - Rationing of nursing care - Neonatal mortality rate - Neonatal intensive care – Acuity Level III. 
Supervisor : Dr. Hasnah Banjer 
Thesis Type : Master Thesis 
Publishing Year : 1438 AH
2017 AD 
Co-Supervisor : Dr. Wafaa Hassan Ali 
Added Date : Thursday, June 15, 2017 

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إيثار عبد العزيز عثمانUthman, Ethar AbdulazizResearcherMaster 

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